Traci

Why is he so bent on getting me?′ I think to myself. He can have anyone else honestly. I head to Alisa's room and see her on her phone. "Hey, sis. Are you busy? I need your help," I ask. "Oh hey. No, I'm not busy. What's up?" she says. "Can you come with me to the mall? Prince Luke is taking me out on a dinner date tonight at 8 pm," I ask. "Oh my gosh! Of course I can! I'm so happy for you, sis! You deserve this!" she screams happily. I giggled, but I notice she had been crying. "Are you alright? You've been crying. Why?" I asked.

"Oh, no. I'm alright. Don't let me bring you down. Let's go get you ready for tonight, bumblebee," she says, with a warm smile. "Are you sure? I don't have to go out with him and we can talk," I said. She shakes her head. "You will go on your date and that's final. Okay?" she says. "Fine. But, we'll talk when I return. Okay?" I said. She nods her head. "Ready to go? The guard is waiting on us outside," I ask. We head outside and head to the mall.

~At Nice Fits Clothing Store~

"This one is very nice. It's a jaw-dropping dress. It just came in last night," the clerk says. It was a long, strapless dress that covers my feet. It was my favorite color. Pink. It showed too much cleavage and I started to get self - conscious. Alisa's jaw dropped when she saw me wearing it. "Is it too much?" I ask, going to take it off immediately. "No, it's just right. It's $500," Alisa says. "$500? That's too much. He gave me his black card and said to buy what I needed, but I don't want to spend too much money. Is that too much?" I say. "I'll buy it for you. Don't worry about it, sis. We'll get this dress and the shoes too," Alisa says to the clerk. I sighed.

'I don't know if he tries anything if I'll be able to hold back,' I think to myself. I got an idea!

~Texting Scene~

To: Prince Luke

'Hey. Would it be okay to cancel our dinner date tonight?' I text.

'No, you may not. Are you scared?' he replied back.

'Um, no. I'm just not sure if I should go with you tonight,' I replied.

'Then, no. You may not cancel our date tonight. See you soon. XOXO,' he replied.

~Texting Scene Ends~

I sighed. Dang it! That didn't work! I will just put a stop to whatever he tries to do tonight then. My mind needs to calm down! It's just dinner! I redress and head out to see Alisa waiting for me by the door with the shopping bags. "Ready to go?" she asked. I nodded. We get in the car and head back to the palace.

~15 minutes later~ ~At the palace~

I head inside with Alisa. We head to my room to help me get ready. I hop into the shower. ~10 minutes later~ I get out, rub my lotion and spray some perfume and put my panties but no bra as the dress is strapless. I take a deep breath. I step into the dress as Alisa helps me zip it up. She turns me to face her. "You deserve to be happy, okay? Go for what you want. For me?" Alisa says. I smiled. "What about you?" I asked. "Maybe, but just not right now. I'm too broken and need myself. No one wants me and I don't blame them," she says. She brushes my hair down and lets it lay on my bare shoulders.

"Alisa, that's not true. You're not broken. You're my strong sister and any man would be lucky to have you with them," I say. She just nods and smiles. "It's 7:50 pm. I'm scared. What if he doesn't like it? Plus, we didn't use his card," I say, getting up. "He better like it, but I know he will," she says. I take a few deep breaths. We head to the stairs and I see Prince Luke in a suit, looking all handsome, talking to his brother. Alisa goes first. I hide behind the wall. "Prince Luke, may I present to you, my sister, Traci?" Alisa says. I step out into his line of sight and rub my arm nervously. His jaw dropped. I start backing up cautiously.

"I can't do this. I'm sorry," I say, turning to leave, but he comes to me, takes my hand gently. He leans in to whisper in my ear, 'You're not getting away from me tonight.' He leads me to the living room, where the king and queen are watching TV. They see us and smiled genuinely. "Oh my goodness. You look beautiful, dear. I can see why my son loves you. Next, it's Prince Chris and Alisa," the queen says, looking at Alisa and Prince Chris. Alisa looks away, with tears in her eyes. It hurts my heart seeing her like this. Alisa mouths, 'Go now. It's fine.' She hugs me and heads back to her room. Prince Chris heads up behind her.

"Are you ready to go, my love?" Prince Luke asked. "Oh yes. We may go," I say. We head out into the car. "Where are you taking me, your highness?" I asked. He sighed. "Call me Luke. Please," he said. "Luke. Where are you taking me?" I asked again. "It's a surprise. Alright? Do you trust me?" he says, looking at me. I nodded my head. ~20 minutes later~ We step out of the car. "Hold on. Close your eyes. I want to guide you to our destination," Luke says, standing in front of me. I close my eyes slowly. I feel him guiding me across sand and something that feels like rose petals under my feet.

"Open your eyes now," he says. I open my eyes and gasped. "Did you do all of this for me?" I asked, shocked. "Yes, I did. You're worth every dime," he says. I'm staring at a lit up dinner table for two, with roses, wine and a chef by the table and two waiters. "It's beautiful. I love it," I say, with a hand on my chest. He chuckled. "Not as beautiful as you," he says. I blushed. "Let's eat," he says, pulling my seat out as I sit down. "Oh right. Your card. Here you go. We didn't use it, but thank you," I said. "Why not?" he asked, shocked. "I couldn't. I felt like I would have had to pay you back," I say. We eat and drink 2 glasses of wine. Thankfully, we're not drunk. "Let's go over here and talk," he says, taking my hand. I check my watch. It says 9:30 pm.

"What's wrong? Are you checking the time?" he asked. "Oh yeah. I was seeing how late it was," I say. He chuckled again and pulled me to his chest. "I meant it when I said that you're not getting away from me tonight," he said. He starts kissing my neck and it feels really good, but I need to stop him. "Mm. Luke, stop," I moan out. "Really? Should I really stop?" he asked. I try to answer, but he just kisses me on my lips.